Improvement in cotton-choppers



WITNESSES.

l. M. GARRETT.

Cotton-Choppers. v No! 146 061 P at ented De' c. 30,1873,

INVENTOR;

UNITED STATES JOSEPH M. GARRETT, OF BRENHAM, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-CHOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,061, dated December30, 1873; application filed August 16, 1873.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. GARRETT, of Brenham, in the county ofWashington and State of Texas, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Cotton-Choppers; and 1 do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingsmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of my machine in plan view,and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

My invention relates to the class of machines used for cultivating andchopping cotton; and it consists in the construction and. novelarrangement of parts, whereby a simple, cheap, durable, and effectivemachine for the purposes designed is obtained.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a sulky-frame, with tongue B, axle O, and driving-wheels DD. On the inner side of each wheel D is a grooved pulley, a,

a connected by a belt or cord, 1), with a pulley,

d, on the end of a shaft, E, which is situated in suitable boxes nearthe front end of the frame A. On this shaft is placed a beveled cog ormiter wheel, G, gearing with a similar wheel, G, on the front end of ashaft, H, which runs longitudinally under the frame A in suitablebearing-bars I I. On the rear end of the shaft H are attached twoslotted bars or shanks, J J, each having a hoe, e, on its outer end. The

shanks J J can be extendedorcontracted at will, thus adjusting thehoe-blades e 6 out and in, as desired." K is a lever, pivoted to themain frame A, and its lower end forked, grasps a clutch, f, on the shaftE, to move said clutch close to or away from the miter-wheel G, and thusmake the same revolve with the shaft or not, as desired; or, in otherwords, throw the revolving hoes in and out of gear. Under the frame A ishung a threesided rectangular frame, L, the rear end of which is openand the front end closed, bears against the under side of thefront'cross-bar in the frame. To the rear end of this frame are attachedcultivator-plows M, of any suitable construction.

N is a lever, pivoted to the front endof the main frame A, andconnected, by a bar, h, with the swinging frame L, inwfront of its pointof attachment, by means of which the plows may be raised out of theground when desired. a

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination w] from the traction-wheel D D, the swinging frame L,plow-standard M, lever N, and con-i th the frame A, carrying acotton-chopper operated by belted gearing

